Car rental at Canary Wharf

Car hire in London puts 147 self-drive cars within reach, from £22 a day for a Citroen C3 Aircross or Fiat 500. The delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

Car rental at Canary Wharf and how delivery works

Car rental at Canary Wharf means the car comes to you rather than you going to a counter. Rent-Trip brings the vehicle to the address you give us, hands over the keys and the paperwork there, and the booking is fixed only once a manager has confirmed the details with you.

Where the car is handed over for car rental at Canary Wharf

We deliver to any address in London, including Canary Wharf, and to Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City and Southend airports. The E14 Docklands estate is one of the simplest drops on our list: the roads around the towers are wide, the service yards and car parks are easy to reach, and a driver can pull in without circling for twenty minutes. Airport handovers are agreed the same way — at Heathrow the place and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so the timing can be built around the landing rather than around a fixed slot. Delivery outside these places is arranged case by case, so a Canary Wharf address is the most straightforward booking to confirm.

• Address: the exact building, postcode and, where relevant, the car park entrance — a postcode alone can put the driver at the wrong side of a one-way system.
• Date and time: agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so the car is scheduled to your arrival rather than to a desk rota.
• Contact number: a number that is switched on the day of delivery, because the last few hundred metres are usually where plans change.
• Changes: rescheduling is discussed with the same manager, and the earlier you raise it the more room there is to move the car.

Fixing the time first and the address second avoids the commonest rescheduling request we get.

Fuel and condition on collection

The car comes clean with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank. That full-to-full rule is the only fuel option we offer — there is no pre-paid tank and no full-to-empty arrangement on the site. If the tank is short on return, the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement. For a petrol, diesel or hybrid car this means one stop at a filling station before hand-back (for an electric car the return conditions are in the rental agreement), and it is worth planning that stop into the last hour of the rental rather than leaving it to the drive to the drop.

What you can hire, from Economy to Exotic

Our fleet for car rental at Canary Wharf in London runs to 147 cars across 14 classes, from a £22 Crossover to a £3,300 Exotic. Car rental at Canary Wharf in London is arranged class by class. The spread matters more than the headline number: the class you pick decides seats, boot space and gearbox long before it decides the price.

The everyday end of the fleet

Economy has 14 cars from £22 and Crossover 14 cars from £22, with the Citroen C3 Aircross and Fiat 500 the cheapest at £22 a day. The Hyundai Kona and Kia Rio both carry five seats and a petrol engine with a manual gearbox; the Kona is the taller of the two at 120 hp against the Rio's 99 hp. The cheapest class is not always the smallest — a Crossover at £22 gives you five seats and more boot space than an Economy hatchback at the same money, which is why we point short-stay visitors towards it first. Above them sit the Volkswagen Golf Estate at £31, and Comfort as a whole lists 15 cars from £23. SUV has 10 cars from £34 and Premium 16 cars from £55. Premium is the widest single class on this page, so it is the one where a specific model request is most likely to be met — 16 cars gives a manager room to match a name rather than a category.

Luxury, Sports and Exotic

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class opens Luxury at £294, the Jaguar F-Type opens Sports at £404, and the McLaren 570S opens Exotic at £954. Luxury has 15 cars from £294, Sports 11 from £404 and Exotic 12 from £954, up to the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ at £3,300 a day. These classes are booked for a specific car rather than a category, so confirm the model when the booking is agreed — on a 12-car Exotic list, one name is one vehicle, and it is worth fixing early.

The ladder above follows size and specification rather than demand, so read it as a map of what 147 cars actually contain: 37 SUVs, 28 hatchbacks and 19 saloons sit under those class labels, alongside 15 convertibles and a single 17-seat minibus.

Car rental at Canary Wharf in London classes and models

Fourteen classes sit on this page, from a £22 Crossover to a £3,300 Exotic, and the table below puts the count, the starting price and the typical use of each next to its neighbours.

Classes at a glance

• Hyundai Kona: Crossover with five seats, a 1.0 L petrol engine, 120 hp and a manual gearbox, at £36 a day.
• Kia Rio: Economy hatchback, five seats, 1.0 L petrol, 99 hp, manual, front-wheel drive, at £31 a day.
• Volkswagen Golf Estate: Comfort estate with five seats and a 1.5 L 130 hp petrol engine at £31 a day, the roomiest body in the lower half of the fleet.
• Toyota RAV4: SUV with all-wheel drive, a 2.5 L hybrid system and 218 hp at £40 a day — one of the all-wheel-drive models in the everyday classes, alongside the seven-seat Kia Sorento.
• Volkswagen ID.4: Electric SUV, 204 hp, automatic, rear-wheel drive at £171 a day.
• Mercedes-Benz S-Class: Luxury hybrid with five seats from £294 a day; the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ tops the page at £3,300.

How to read the ladder

The price ladder follows body size and equipment, not badge alone: a five-seat Crossover at £22 and a five-seat Economy hatchback at £23 differ in boot space rather than in seat count, while the jump to SUV at £34 buys all-wheel drive on the RAV4 and a taller cabin on the Tucson. Pick seats and luggage first, then class: choosing by badge before checking the boot usually costs an upgrade later. Diesel covers 24 cars, hybrid 13 and electric 10.

• Hatchback: 28 cars, the default for two people with cabin bags and the easiest body to park in tight bays.
• SUV: 37 cars, the largest body group on the page, with a high seating position and a square load bay.
• Sedan: 19 cars, a separate boot that keeps luggage out of sight on longer trips.
• Crossover: 17 cars, hatchback running costs with SUV-style ground clearance.
• Estate: 4 cars, the longest load floor in the fleet for flat-packed or oversized items.

Convertible: 15 cars, two to four seats and a folding roof for open-road days.

If the trip involves a family and a pushchair, an SUV or estate removes the daily packing puzzle; for a couple in the city, a hatchback or Crossover at £22–£25 a day covers the same miles with less to park. Our fleet counts 32 brands across the 147 vehicles on this page, so a specific model is worth naming when the booking is agreed — in Premium, the widest class here with 16 cars, a model request is the most likely to be met.

Automatic or manual options for car rental at Canary Wharf

The gearbox and the fuel decide more about a booking here than the class does. Of the 147 vehicles on this page, 101 are automatic and 46 are manual, while petrol accounts for 100, diesel for 24, hybrid for 13 and electric for 10 — so the combination you want usually exists, but it is worth naming it when the booking is agreed.

Automatic or manual: what the split looks like

Automatic is the default on this page, and every electric and hybrid car Rent-Trip lists comes with it. Manual survives in the cheaper petrol corners: the Hyundai Kona at £36, the Kia Rio at £31 and the Volkswagen Golf Estate at £31 are all three-pedal cars, as are most of the Economy hatchbacks. The Toyota Yaris at £25 and the Toyota Corolla at £31 are automatic hybrids, while the Seat Leon at £23 shows that an automatic does not have to sit in the upper half of the ladder. If your licence is automatic-only, say so at the first conversation — swapping a manual for an automatic after the booking is fixed is the request that costs the most time.

Petrol and diesel

• Petrol: 100 of the 147 cars, from the Citroen C3 Aircross and Fiat 500 at £22 up through the Volkswagen Golf at £24 and the Audi A4 at £65.
• Diesel: 24 cars, concentrated in the larger bodies — the BMW X5 at £96 and the seven-seat Volkswagen Sharan at £44.
• Fuel prices: petrol was £1.75 a litre and diesel £1.99 on 19.10.2026, so a long motorway run in a diesel only pays off if the car is genuinely economical.
• Refuelling: the car leaves with a full tank and comes back full — full-to-full is the only option we offer.

Hybrid and electric

Thirteen hybrids and 10 electric cars sit on this page, and the electric end runs from the Nissan Leaf at £71 to the Porsche Taycan Turbo S at £500. The Toyota RAV4 at £40 is an all-wheel-drive hybrid here, and the Toyota Corolla at £31 covers the same idea in a smaller body. Return conditions for an electric car are set out in the rental agreement, so plan where the car will be plugged in before you choose an electric model. Two charges matter for the decision: the Congestion Charge is £18 a day, and ULEZ is £12.50 a day for a vehicle that does not meet the emission standard. Who pays road charges on a hire car is agreed when booking, so raise it in the same conversation as the fuel type.

Matching the drivetrain to the trip

For a week of short Docklands hops, a manual petrol Crossover at £22 does the job and costs least at the pump. For a run out to Oxford or Bath, an automatic hybrid such as the Toyota Corolla at £31 keeps the right-hand-drive car easy in traffic and quiet on the motorway. Electric suits a fixed routine with a known charging point; it suits a spontaneous tour of the Cotswolds far less. Tell the manager the route, not just the class — that is what decides between the three.

Car rental at Canary Wharf in London seats

Our fleet at Canary Wharf covers seating layouts from two seats to seventeen, so the choice is about how many people travel and how much luggage goes with them, not about which class looks best on the page. Car rental at Canary Wharf in London is booked by seat count first and class second.

Five seats and under

• Two seats: the convertibles — Mercedes-Benz SL 43 AMG, Porsche Boxster, Jaguar F-Type S Cabriolet, Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder — carry a driver and one passenger with a small boot.
• Three seats: the commercial vans, Ford Transit Cargo and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Cargo, seat three in the cab and leave the load bay free behind.
• Four seats: Fiat 500, Toyota Aygo, Mini Cooper, Hyundai i10, Audi A3 Cabriolet and the Porsche 911 Carrera S, with 18 four-seat cars on this page.
• Five seats: the default — 98 cars, from the Citroen C3 Aircross at £22 a day to the Bentley Bentayga and Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII.

Seven to nine seats

Nine seven-seat models are on the page: the Volkswagen Sharan, Kia Sorento, Volkswagen Touran, Peugeot 5008, Volkswagen Multivan, Ford Galaxy, Mercedes-Benz V-Class, Mercedes-Benz GLS and Volvo XC90. A seven-seat MPV gives the most usable space when the third row is folded, and in our experience a family of five with luggage is better served by a seven-seat minivan than by an SUV of the same daily rate. For eight travellers there is one option, the Mercedes-Benz Vito 8 Seater, and for nine there are two — the Ford Tourneo and the Volkswagen Transporter 9 Seater. Two minibuses close the range: the Ford Transit 12 Seater and the Ford Transit 17 Seater, both diesel with manual gearbox. These are the largest vehicles on this page for moving a whole group in one vehicle, and they are booked as a specific model rather than a category — so state the passenger count when the booking is agreed, and the manager confirms which of the two is free for your dates. Groups flying into Heathrow or Gatwick often split between a minibus and one estate car for the luggage run; the Volkswagen Golf Estate and Kia Ceed Sportswagon both take five with a load bay that swallows four large cases.

Body shape and boot space

Body type matters as much as seat count. Of the 147 vehicles here, 37 are SUVs and 28 are hatchbacks, with 19 saloons, 17 crossovers and 15 convertibles behind them. Estates are a small group at four cars, yet they carry the most per seat. If you are moving pushchairs, sports kit or flat-pack furniture, ask for an estate or an SUV body when the booking is agreed — the class name alone does not tell you whether the boot is deep or shallow.

Driving rules and charges that apply to a hire car

A hire car in London means driving on the left, watching for 20 mph signs and knowing which charges the road itself carries. The charges below are set by Transport for London and the government, not by us, and they apply to the vehicle whoever is driving it.

Congestion Charge and ULEZ

The Congestion Charge is £18 a day when paid on the day of the trip or in advance, and £21 if paid by midnight on the third day after the trip. It runs 07:00–18:00 Monday to Friday and 12:00–18:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays, and is not charged from 25 December to the New Year bank holiday inclusive. The zone sits inside the Inner Ring Road — Pentonville Road, City Road, Old Street, Commercial Street, Mansell Street, Tower Bridge Road, New Kent Road, Elephant & Castle, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall Bridge Road, Park Lane, Edgware Road, Marylebone Road and Euston Road form the boundary and sit outside it. ULEZ is separate: £12.50 a day for vehicles that do not meet the standard, 24 hours a day, seven days a week except 25 December, across all 32 boroughs, with the M25 outside the zone. Petrol cars need Euro 4 or newer, diesel Euro 6 or newer from September 2016, and the TfL vehicle checker confirms a registration in seconds. Check the plate before you leave the address — a car that fails the standard costs £12.50 for every day it is driven inside the zone.

Tolls, tunnels and penalties

• Dartford Crossing (Dart Charge): £3.50 per crossing for cars, or £2.80 on pre-pay, usually 06:00–22:00 every day; pay by midnight the following day, and a PCN is £70, £35 if paid within 14 days.
• Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels: £4.20 at peak — northbound 06:00–10:00 and southbound 16:00–19:00 on weekdays — and £1.55 off-peak with Auto Pay, 06:00–22:00 on weekdays and all day at weekends.
• Congestion Charge PCN: £180, £90 if paid within 14 days, £270 after a charge certificate, with 28 days to pay.
• ULEZ PCN: £180, reduced to £90 when paid within 14 days.

Who pays road charges, tolls and penalty notices on a hire car is not fixed by the road operator — it is agreed when booking, so settle it with the manager before the car arrives rather than after a letter lands.

Speed, alcohol and the phone

Urban limits are 30 mph (48 km/h) in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, 60 mph (96 km/h) on a single carriageway, 70 mph (112 km/h) on a dual carriageway and 70 mph on a motorway; lit roads default to 30 mph unless signs say otherwise, and many zones here post 20 mph, so signs beat memory. In our experience the 20 mph signs catch visitors out first — set the limit before you pull away and the rest follows. The alcohol limit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 80 mg per 100 ml of blood, 35 µg per 100 ml of breath and 107 mg per 100 ml of urine — Scotland is stricter at 50/22/67. Holding a phone, satnav or tablet is banned even at a red light: £200 and 6 points, and a driver within 2 years of passing loses the licence. Seat belts are compulsory where fitted, children need a child seat until they reach 135 cm or turn 12, whichever comes first, with a fine up to £500.

Documents, licence and what the rental agreement covers

Two things decide whether a hire car is handed over at all: a full, valid driving licence and an agreement that both sides have read. Everything else — the class, the delivery time, the address — can be moved. Those two cannot.

Driving on a foreign licence

A full, valid foreign licence lets you drive in England, Wales and Scotland for 12 months from the date you last entered Great Britain. Whether an international driving permit is needed is agreed when booking, and no age figure is quoted here — the minimum age and any young-driver surcharge are agreed when booking. If your licence is a provisional one, or it has expired, it is not a licence for this booking. Carry the photocard itself rather than a photograph of it, and check the expiry date before you travel: a licence that lapses mid-hire turns a routine stop into an uninsured drive.

What the rental agreement sets out

The agreement is where the money and the responsibility live, and it is settled when booking rather than guessed at the kerb.

• Deposit and insurance excess: the amount held and the excess that applies to damage are set out in the rental agreement, never quoted in advance on this page.
• Delivery fee: whether a delivery to your address carries a charge, and how it is calculated, is set out in the rental agreement.
• Fuel: the car is supplied with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank; missing fuel and a refuelling service fee follow the agreement.
• Road charges and penalties: who pays the Congestion Charge, the ULEZ charge, toll crossings and any parking or traffic penalty notice is agreed when booking.
• Territory: where the car may and may not be driven is agreed when booking, so raise it before the dates are fixed.

Charges the car will meet on the road

The zone charges are the ones a hire car runs into most often, and the driver's own paperwork matters as much as the plate on the bumper. A Congestion Charge day costs £18 when settled on the day of travel or in advance, and £21 if it is paid by midnight on the third day after the trip; the charge operates 07:00–18:00 Monday to Friday and 12:00–18:00 at weekends and on bank holidays, and is suspended from 25 December to the New Year bank holiday inclusive. ULEZ comes to £12.50 a day for a non-compliant vehicle, round the clock every day except 25 December, across all 32 boroughs. A penalty charge notice for either is £180, reduced to £90 if paid within 14 days. Our advice, from handling these bookings: run the registration through the TfL vehicle checker before you set off, and, if the charge is yours to settle under the booking, pay it the same evening — the gap between £18 and £21 is one night's forgetfulness.